Alison BechdelAuthor, Cartoonist. Creator of Dykes to Watch Out For, NY Times and Time Magazine called her autobiographical book Fun Home one of the best books published in 2006. Creator of The Bechdel Test.

Aimee MullinsAthlete, actress, fashion model, sports pioneer, Paralymics finalist. First amputee in history to compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Served as the President of the Women’s Sports Foundation from 2007 to 2009, was named a TED “all-Star” in 2014.

Anand PatwardhanIndian documentary filmmaker, activist.Bombay: Our City, Father Son and the Holy War, and War and Peace were initially censored by the Indian government for their portrayal of social justice issues and only released after court battles.

Brian EnoProducer, musician, songwriter, and artist.
Known for his experimental music styles and ambient music as a solo artist and in collaboration with famed musical artists such as David Bowie, Talking Heads, U2, Coldplay, Paul Simon among others.

Brian WaltRabbi, former director of Rabbis for Human Rights- North America

Bryonn BainActivist, poet, author, actor and professor.

Cherien DabisDirector, producer, and screenwriter. A Palestinian American, her films Amreeka and Make A Wish on issues connected to being a Palestinian American have won numerous film festival awards. She was named one of Variety magazine’s 10 Director to Watch in 2009.

Darnell L. MooreAnti-racist, feminist scholar and activist. His essays, social commentary, poetry, and interviews have appeared in various national and international media venues, including the Feminist Wire, Ebony magazine, and The Huffington Post. Co-chair of the groundbreaking Queer Newark Oral History Project--an archival project that seeks to chronicle the multifaceted lives of LGBTQ Newarkers and their allies.

Deborah EisenbergAmerican short-story writer, actor and teacher. Author of Transactions in a Foreign Currency (1986), Under the 82nd Airborne (1992), All Around Atlantis (1997), and Twilight of the Superheroes (2006) Recipient Guggenheim, MacArthur Fellowship

Detlef SchrempfBasketball player, played in the NBA for sixteen seasons including stints with the Indiana Pacers, the Seattle SuperSonics and the Portland Trail Blazers. He has appeared as himself in several episodes of the television sitcom Parks and Recreation.

Desmond TutuNobel Peace Laureate, South African social rights activists, First Black Archbishop of Cape Town. Key leader in the demise of South Africa’s apartheid and a proponent for human rights for oppressed people throughout the world.

Diana ButtuHuman rights attorney, negotiations advisor, instructor at Stanford and Harvard Universities
Political analyst at the Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU). Formerly a spokesperson for the Palestine Liberation Organization, participated in the peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine in 2000.

dream hamptonCultural critic and filmmaker.
Associate Producer of VH1’s Emmy-award winning film about the rapper, Christopher Wallace - “Behind the Music: The Notorious B.I.G.” and an editor and contributor to a variety of magazines featuring Black music artists and issues.

Emily JacirArtist, filmmaker, film curator, professor
A Palestinian multi-media artist whose works have been exhibited around the world, many of her award-winning pieces focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Frank BaratCoordinator of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine, created in 2009 to expose and examine Israel's impunity in regards to its treatment of the Palestinian People. Edited 'Gaza in Crisis' with Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe, and 'Corporate Complicity in Israel's Occupation' with Asa Winstanley.

Huweida ArrafAttorney and human rights activist.
A Palestinian American who co-founded the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), a Palestinian-led organization focused on assisting the Palestinian side of the Israel-Palestine conflict using nonviolent direct action and protests to raise awareness and battle injustice.

Joanne SandlerDirector for Programs at the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)

Jody WilliamsNobel Peace Laureate, Founding Coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines

Jonathan DemmeAmerican filmmaker, producer and screenwriter
Directed The Silence of the Lambs, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director, Philadelphia, Rachel Getting Married, the Talking Heads concert movie Stop Making Sense.

Kate ClintonAuthor, comedienne, columnist
Recipient of numerous awards from organizations including the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund.

Katherine FrankeProfessor, Recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship
Director of the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School.

Kathryn Grody,actress and writer, and sonIsaac Grody-Patinkin and family.

Ken LoachUK film and television director, author, and political activist.
He was awarded the OBE (Order of the British Empire) in 1977, but turned it down.

Pamela ShifmanExecutive Director of the NoVo Foundation
Recipient of the 2011 Lucretia Mott Award from Women’s Way; named one of the 21 Leaders for the 21st Century by Women’s e-News.

Pratibha ParmarDirector, producer and writerWarrior Marks and co-authored the book Warrior Marks with Alice Walker.
Awarded the Visionary Award by the One in Ten Film Festival and the San Francisco Frameline Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award

Raj PatelEconomist, journalist, activist and writer
Author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System and The Value of Nothing.

Rami KashouFashion designer, finalist in Bravo’s “Project Runway” series.
Palestinian born raised in Ramallah, he studied fashion design at Brooks College in Long Beach, California.

Rebecca VilkomersonExecutive Director of Jewish Voice for Peace. Named one of the Forward 50, the Jewish Daily Forward’s list of 50 most influential Jewish Americans.

Remi KanaziPerformance poet, human rights activist, and author
Palestinian American based in New York, he is the editor of Poets for Palestine and the author of Poetic Injustice: Writings on Resistance and Palestine.

Rigoberta Menchu TumNobel Peace Laureate, activist, politician, author, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
Committed to publicizing the plight of Guatemala’s indigenous people during and after the Guatemalan Civil War ((1960-1996) and promoting indigenous rights in Guatemala.

Udi AloniIsraeli American filmmaker, writer and visual artist
Films Local Angel (2002) and Forgiveness (2006).Author of What Does a Jew Want? And On Binationalism and Other Specters

Wallace ShawnJewish American actor, playwright, and essayist
Film roles include My Dinner with Andre (1981), The Princess Bride (1987). Wrote The Designated Mourner, Aunt Dan and Lemon, and Grasses of a Thousand Colors

Urvashi VaidCommunity organizer, activist, author, and attorney
Former Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and in 2009 was named one of the 50 most influential LGBT people in the United States by Out magazine

Zainab SalbiFounder and former CEO of Women for Women International which supports women survivors of war. Author of Between Two Worlds, The Other Side of War: Women’s Stories of Survival and Hope, and If You Knew Me You Would Care.